Cliff Bargeron is responsible for the development of analytic protocols and commercial underwriting in Garnet’s Valuations Group and Commercial Loan Sales Group. Based in Atlanta, Cliff has over twenty-five years of commercial lending, loan-sale and portfolio valuations experience, which included over $1 billion in leveraged-lending transactions, over $5 billion in loan sales and over $40 billion in portfolio valuations. Cliff began his career as a relationship manager for SunTrust and progressed into business development roles for GE Capital Corporate Lending and GMAC Commercial Finance. He has been with Garnet for over 10 years, initially in a sales capacity then transitioning into the management of transactions and valuations. Cliff’s valuations and merger-advisory experience include over 100 projects completed for the FDIC, NCUA and various bank clients. Cliff joined Garnet in 2010.